UK ministers finally considering ban on unpaid internships - Debut

UK ministers finally considering ban on unpaid internships - Debut Wow. We cant believe its taken them long to even consider this. Reports have come in stating UK ministers are indeed looking into banning unpaid internships. ?? Alec Shelbrooke, Conservative MP for Elmet and Rothwell will be introducing a House of Commons private members bill to ban unpaid internships  this week. The downside? Its the type of legislation thats pretty unlikely to progress through parliament. Its not all bad news. Instead, the government could review internships before including restrictions on unpaid internships in legislation in the next Queens speech.  Employment minister Damian  Hinds has confirmed the plan would be examined in conjunction with a green paper from the Department for Work and Pensions examining the assessment of disability pensions. #Peston asks @damianhindsmp: is @theresa_may about to ban unpaid internships? pic.twitter.com/7nowMpcKMJ â€" Peston on Sunday (@pestononsunday) October 30, 2016 Hinds spoke passionately to  ITVs Peston on Sunday about  the issue. I think it is important that young people have an opportunity to get work experience. One of the big barriers to getting a job is not having had employment experience, and so there is a role for work experience. But I think particularly in the media, in fashion, in these very sought-after occupations, there is a concern that with unpaid internships those arent actually accessible to everybody and I think it is right we look at it. Media companies have been slammed time and time again for their exploitation of young job seekers. Most recently, Bauer Media came under fire for advertising an internship for Heat Magazine  paying just £10 a day. Graduate Fogs Tanya de Grunwald, who picked up the story about Heat magazine, commented on the news of a potential ban on unpaid internships. Young people have been crying out for thie issue to be addressed for  years,  she stresses. Campaigners regularly remind the government that we are perfectly placed to explain exactly what the problems are, and what could be done to improve the situation, but so far they have shown little appetite for this information. So if that is finally changing, we look forward to their call. Amen to that, Tanya. Amen to that. Feature Image ©  Savoo Download the Debut app and you could totally grab yourself a summer internship  way before anyone else. Connect with Debut on Facebook and Twitter